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Hezekiah Walker & Love Fellowship Crusade Choir (1987) - I’ll Make It Lp. Old/New stock. LP is Sealed

Bishop Hezekiah Walker

(born December 24, 1962 is a popular American gospel music artist and pastor of prominent Brooklyn New York megachurch, Love Fellowship Tabernacle. Walker has released several albums on Benson Records and Verity Records as Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.

Walker was born in Brooklyn, New York. . At the age of 13 Walker turned his life over to Christ. By 1985 as a weekend outlet for his musical abilities, Hezekiah started the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir. They started with 12 members but by the time they began recording in 1987 they were already a sizeable aggregation. Their debut album 'I'll Make It' for the tiny Sweet Rain Records of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania was a surprise gospel hit thanks to a rousing cover of D J Rogers' "I'll Make It" with Walker handling lead and "Spirit" and "The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow" both showcasing the lead vocals of Kervy Brown. The album proved a bit of a launchpad to the more lucrative R&B market, featuring as it did two songs penned by Stanley Brown who went on to be a hit urban producer for Island Records with one of his songs featuring Aaron Hall who would have a successful career as an R&B balladeer in the early '90s. With 'I'll Make It' making 12 on Billboard's gospel chart and its follow up 'Oh Lord We Praise You' making 11 in 1990, Hezekiah Walker & The Crusade Choir were clearly a big gospel act set for a big label. Sought out by Word subsidiary Benson Records the group's next album 'Focus On Glory' climbed to number five and the choir began to tour nationally.

He attended Long Island University, majoring in Sociology. He also attended Hugee Theological Seminary, and the New York School of the Bible.

In 2001, Hezekiah & The LFT Church Choir were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Gospel Artist, Traditional on the strength of the album Love Is Love! Walker has won Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus twice: once for Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (1994) with The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, and once for Love Is Live! (2001) with The LFT Church Choir.

Separate from The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Walker's LFT Church Choir released two albums entitled Recorded Live At Love Fellowship Tabernacle in 1998 and "Love Is Live" in 2001. LFT Church Choir was more youthful and hip-hop leaning ensemble than its predecessor and its album hit the Top 5 of Billboard's Gospel Chart[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award the same year.[4]

In 2021 Pastor Frank Santora of Faith Church in New Milford , CT , and Hezekiah Walker joined together to start a church in Times Square New York City , called Every Tribe Church.

Albums

I'll Make It (Sweet Rain, 1987)

Oh Lord We Praise You (Sweet Rain, 1990)

Focus on Glory (A&M, 1992) - STUDIO

Live in Toronto (Benson, 1993)

Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (Benson, 1994)

Live in New York by Any Means... (Benson, 1995)

Live in London (Verity, 1997)

Recorded Live at Love Fellowship Tabernacle (Verity, 1998) – by Hezekiah Walker & The LFT Church Choir

Family Affair (Verity, 1999)

Love Is Live! (Verity, 2001) - by Hezekiah Walker & The LFT Church Choir

Family Affair, Vol. 2: Live at Radio City Music Hall (Verity, 2002)

20/85 The Experience (Verity, 2005)

Souled Out (Verity, 2008)

Azusa: The Next Generation (RCA Inspiration, 2013)

Azusa: The Next Generation 2 – Better (Entertainment One Music, 2016)

CompilationsEdit

Gospel Greats (Benson, 1995)

Nothing But The Hits (Verity, 2003)

Divine Voices: Pastors of Praise (Mack Avenue, 2015)

SinglesEdit

"99½" (Benson, 1995) – Cassette Single

"Let's Dance" (Jive/Verity, 1999) – CD Single/12" Single

"Souled Out" (Verity, 2008) – Digital download Single

"Every Praise" (RCA Inspirational, 2013) – Digital download Single